Re: Win98 and Oracle8 Questions

You'll need Oracle Client 8.0.5 or 8.1.5 for Win98 compatibility.

In article <7e31iv$prn$1_at_nnrp1.dejanews.com>,   pony8030_at_my-dejanews.com wrote:
> Hopefully this is a simple answer since I am new to Oracle8. But it appears
> that some people are haveing trouble with Win98 and Oracle Tools. Something
> about Net8 is not compatible and I have to use SQLNet2.3. I've installed both
> and thought that I have configured both correctly on my Win98 machine. Not
> positive but probably correct. But whenever I try to run a Oracle Tool and
> connect to my server the tool crashes.
>
> My basic goal is to get a connection from a Win98 to an NT Oracle server to
> produce a small vb sample application? Would like to hit the Oracle server
> with ERwin as well.
>
> Question: Are any of the Oracle tools supported under Win98?
> What network files need to be modified to make the connection to the server?
>
> Question: Can I still access the Oracle database from VBasic using ADO under
> Win98?
> What do I need to configure to get this connection?
>
> Question: Is the Oracle ODBC driver compatible, whenever I try to create a
> data source for it, it tells me that the specified driver could not be loaded
> 1157?
>
> Question: Does the Microsoft Oracle ODBC driver work under Win98?
>
> Question: Is the connect string in SQLPlus the sid on the Oracle Server, where
> does it look for to translate to an actual Oracle Server?
>
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